Man falls 20-25 feet from chimney of Chapman School in Northwest Portland

A 35-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after falling 20-25 feet onto the roof of a Northwest Portland elementary school as he was trying to climb the support wire surrounding a chimney.

Portland Fire & Rescue was notified just before 9:30 p.m. that a person had fallen from the chimney at Chapman School, located at 1445 N.W. 26th Ave., onto a first-story roof. Initial reports suggested that the man was working on the chimeny when he fell, but Portland Fire & Rescue said he was climbing the chimney while on a first date.